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Reports Available Online2011 "Indian Water Rights Settlements approved by Congress" (updated August 2011) "Water Reuse in the West: State Programs and Institutional Issues" July 2011 The University of California, Hastings College of Law will publish this report in the Spring 2012 edition of its West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. The version of the report available here is a pre-publication version. To request a hard copy of the pre-publication version, please contact Julie Groat. 2010 "Western Water Resources Infrastructure Strategies: Identifying, Prioritizing and Financing Needs" November 2010 "Exempt Well Issues in the West" Winter 2010 "Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: 2010 Progress Report" 2005 - 2009 US Army Corps of Engineers "Western States Watershed Study" Report to the Western States Water Council, January 2009 "Water Laws and Policies for a Sustainable Future: A Western States' Perspective" June 2008 "Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: Next Steps" June 2008 "May 2007 Climate Change Research Needs Workshop" "Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future" June 2006 "Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary - 1965 - 2005" Newsletters Reports Seminars and Workshops Annual Reports NEWSLETTERSWSWC publishes a weekly newsletter on water policy issues. For subscription information, contact Julie at the Council. For a sample of past issues, click hereREPORTS2010 Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: 2010 Progress Report, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2010 available online click here 2008 Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: Next Steps, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2008 available online click here Water Laws and Policies for a Sustainable Future: A Western States' Perspective, a collaborative report by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2008 available online click here 2007 May 2007 Climate Change Research Needs Workshop, these proceedings represent a report prepared by Jeanine Jones of the California Department of Water Reources for the Western Governors' Association and the Western States Water Council September 2007 available online click here 2006 Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2006 available online click here 2005 Celebrating our 40th Anniversary - 1965-2005, a collaborative report prepared by former members and the staff of the Western States Water Council, July 2005 available online click here 2005 Governmental Interference with the Use of Water: When Do Unconstitutional Takings Occur?, a collaborative Legal Committee work product published Fall 2005 in the University of Denver Water Law Review, 2005 2003 State Tools to Provide Water for Endangered Species, a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2003 2002 Water Reuse and Artificial Groundwater Recharge in the Western United States, a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council, November 2002, 75 pages 1999 Ground Water Recharge Projects in the Western United States, Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility, and Legal/Institutional Issues, a cooperative project by Western States Water Council, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, December 1999, 187 pages Available through the Bureau of Reclamation Federal Non-Indian Claims to Water, by staff of the Western States Water Council, February 1999, 131 pages 1998 State Watershed Strategy Guidebook, by staff of the Western States Water Council, September 1998, 137 pages 1997 Water in the West Today: A States' Perspective, by staff of the Western States Water Council, February, 1997, 45 pages Western States' Abandonment, Forfeiture and Lack of Perfection Laws, by staff of the Western States Water Council, July 1, 1997, 86 pages 1995 Intrastate Water Transfers in the West: Approaches, Problems and Related Issues, by Ricky Shepherd Torrey, May 30, 1995, 53 pages Water Policy and Growth Management, a report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 1995, 32 pages available through WGA 1994 Western State Water Use Fees, a report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the Western States Water Council, June 30, 1994, 9 pages 1992 Western State Water Right Permitting Procedures, by Norman K. Johnson, November 1992, 41 pages 1991 Interregional Water Transfers, by Norman K. Johnson and Anthony G. Willardson, May 1991, 115 pages 1990 Groundwater Recharge Projects in the Western United States, Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility, and Legal/Institutional Issues, by Anthony G. Willardson and Norman K. Johnson, Oct. 1990, 229 pages 1991 State Water Laws and Federal Water Uses: The History of Conflict and the Prospects for Accommodation, D. Craig Bell and Norman K. Johnson, April 1991, 115 pages 1989 The Western States Water Council: Prologue and Organization, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, July 1989, 68 pages 1987 The Doctrine of Prior Appropriation and the Changing West, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, October 1987, 41 pages A Model for Western State Drought Response and Planning, WSWC Staff, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, October 1987, 76 pages EPA/State Relations Related to the Administration of Federal Water Quality Programs in the Western States, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, October 1987, 20 pages U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Funding, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, July 1987, 58 pages 1986 Western State Drought Management, Anthony G. Willardson, October 1986, 126 pages Western State Ground Water Management, Norman K. Johnson, October 1986 update, 86 pages 1984 How Much Water Do We Have in the West?, Richard A. Smith, May 1984, 21 pages State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resource Development - 1984 Update, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, May 1984, 85 pages 1983 Federal Water Resource Development Financing and Cost Sharing: A Western State Perspective, Anthony G. Willardson, June 1983, 106 pages Indian Water Rights in the West, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, December 1983, 124 pages Water Conservation and Western Water Resource Management, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, December 1983, 90 pages 1982 Laws of the Twelve Western States Pertaining to Interstate and/or Interbasin Transfers - Update, Compiled by Norman K. Johnson, Legal Assistant, September 1982, 44 pages Western State Ground Water Management, Anthony G. Willardson, Research Analyst, October 1982, 111 pages Water for Western Energy Development, Richard A. Smith, Staff Engineer, December 1982, 89 pages 1981 Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: A Status Report, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Assistant, September 1981, 22 pages State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resources Development, Anthony G. Willardson, Research Analyst, November 1981, 56 pages 1977 Water for Western Energy Development - Update, September 1977, 28 pages 1976 Bibliography of Selected Reports and Ongoing Studies Relating to Water Requirements for Energy Resource Development, April 1976, 54 pages Major Federal Water~Related Programs Affecting the Use of Non-Federal Lands, D. Craig Bell, Research Lead and Project Coordinator, March, 1976, 56 pages 1975 The Reservation Doctrine, D. Craig Bell, 1975, 47 pages 1974 Western States Water Requirements for Energy Development to 1990, November 1974, 39 pages SEMINARS and WORKSHOPSSettlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims Symposium, 9th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Moscow, Idaho, September 14-16, 2005 Water Information Management Systems (WIMS) Workshop, Missoula, Montana September 7-9, 2005 Power Point Presentations 2003 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims Symposium, 8th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Durango, Colorado, October 6-8, 2003 2002 Water Information Management Systems (WIMS) Workshop, Salem, Oregon June 12-14, 2002 Washington Roundtable, cosponsored with ICWP, Arlington, Virginia March 11-13, 2002, 63 pages 2001 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims Symposium, 7th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, St. George, Utah, October 10-12, 2001 2000 Water Policy Roundtable, cosponsored with ASIWPCA, ICWP, and ASDWA, Arlington, Virginia, March 12-15, 2000, 85 pages 1999 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims Symposium, 6th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Missoula, Montana, September 8-10, 1999, 50 pages 1998 Endangered Species Act: Improving Implementation, 16th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, October 1998 (Cosponsored by the Western Governors' Association and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies), 40 pages Water Policy Roundtable, cosponsored with ICWP, Washington, D.C., March 4-6, 1998, 70 pages 1997 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims Symposium, 15th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Phoenix, Arizona, October 8-10, 1997, 103 pages 1996 Non-Point Source Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 30- October 2, 1996, 122 pages Interaction of State/Federal Ground Water Policies, Sponsored by the Western States Water Council together with Western Governors' Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fargo, North Dakota, July 31, 1996, 108 pages Water Policy Roundtable, cosponsored with ICWP, Washington, D.C., March 1996, 43 pages 1995 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims, September 1995 (Co-sponsored by Native American Rights Fund). Wrap-up by Susan Cottingham, Program Manager, Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, 120 pages Western State Water Planning Symposium, 13th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, August 2, 1995, 295 pages Western Water Conservation Conference, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Western States Water Council, San Diego, California, July 10-12, 1995, 132 pages Water Information Management Systems Workshop, Wyoming State Engineer's Office, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Western States Water Council, Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 12-14, 1995, 74 pages 1994 The Effect of the Endangered Species Act on Western Water Management: Improving ESA Implementation, 11th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Oct. 1994 (Cosponsored by the Western Governors' Association and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies), 332 pages 1993 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims, 10th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Sept, 1993 (Cosponsored by Native American Rights Fund). Wrap-up by Joe Ely, Project Coordinator, Stetson Engineers, Inc., Mesa, AZ, 43 pages Fifth Biennial Water Policy Seminar, Washington, D.C., April 1993, 23 pages 1992 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims, 9th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Sept. 1992 (Cosponsored by Native American Rights Fund). Wrap-up by Michael Clinton, Senior Vice President, Bookman-Edmonston Engineering, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA, 45 pages 1991 Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims, 8th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, Sept. 1991 (Cosponsored by Native American Rights End). Written summary by John E. Thorson, Special Master, Arizona General Stream Adjudication, Phoenix, AZ, 47 pages Fourth Biennial Water Policy Seminar, Washington, D.C., April 1991, 22 pages 1990 Western Water Management and Use and Interregional Water Transfers, 7th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium, Proceedings, October 1990, 233 pages 1989 State Water Plans, 6th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1989, 257 pages Third Biennial Water Policy Seminar Washington, Washington, D.C., April 1989, 23 pages, 1988 Ground Water Management and Protection, 5th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1988, 178 pages 1987 Water Conservation and Water Use Efficiency, 4th Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1987, 150 pages State/Federal Relations in Water Resources Management, Second Water Policy Seminar, Washington, D.C., April 1987, 22 pages Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydropower Project Licensing and State Water Rights, January 1987, 94 pages 1986 Instream Flows and the Public Trust, 3rd Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1986, 201 pages 1985 State Water & Wastewater Project Financing, 2nd Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1985, 249 pages State/Federal Relations in Water Resources Management, Water Policy Seminar, Reno, Nevada, April 1985, 42 pages 1984 State Water Planning, 1st Annual WSWC Water Management Symposium Proceedings, September 1984, 230 pages ANNUAL REPORTS1977-1984 Available 1982- Out of Print 1983 - 2010 Available |
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